Loos Trench Map 36º NW3

A 4.5 inch by 6.75 inch (when folded) cotton rag map coated with waterproofing of Loos, 36º N W, Edition 9. A, Scale 1: 30,000. A Trench map shows trenches dug for use in war. This article refers mainly to those produced by the British during the Great War, 1914–1918 although other participants made or […]

Cease Fire Message 11 November 1918

A 5 inch by 7.5 inch paper message directing the cease fire of troops. This original message is the clerk’s carbon copy, was received and was handwritten by a clerk in the Battalion Orderly area of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) on standard message paper. It is framed in wood with a glass cover.

Appointment Scroll to Honorary Colonel – LCol W W G Darling, DSO, ED

Parchment Scroll of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, appointing LCol W W G Darling, DSO, ED to Honorary Colonel of the 48th Highlanders of Canada effective 3 March 1972. Scroll is dated 20 June 1973 and is signed by the Governor General, Rolland Michener and the Minister of National Defence, James Richardson.